Polperro Heritage Press
Polperro Heritage Press is an independent British publisher, established in 1995. Recent titles from Polperro Press have included biographies, guides and a growing list of Cornish local history titles.
View Rights PortalPolperro Heritage Press is an independent British publisher, established in 1995. Recent titles from Polperro Press have included biographies, guides and a growing list of Cornish local history titles.
View Rights PortalIn this version 2023 of Book Fair of Frankfurt, the Mexican editorial Ediciones del Lirio has wished to participate on these books and culture global encounter.
View Rights PortalIn 1994 the Arts Council of Great Britain brought together a number of theatre directors as part of the City of Drama celebrations. This is a collection of interviews and discussions with directors who have helped shape the development of theatre in the last 20 years. They include Peter Brook, Peter Stein, Augusto Boal, Jorge Lavelli, Lluis Pasqual, Lev Dodin, Maria Irene Fornes, Jonathan Miller, Jatinder Verma, Peter Sellars, Declan Donnellan, Ariane Mnouchkine, Ion Caramitru, Yukio Ninagawa and Robert Wilson. In addition to the art and craft of directing, there are discussions on multiculturalism; the "classical" repertoire; theatre companies and institutions; working in a foreign language; opera; Shakespeare; new technologies; the art of acting; design; international festivals; politics and aesthetics; the audience; and theatre and society. Finally, there is an epilogue by Peter Brook, Jonathan Miller and Oliver Sacks. ;
Mit seinem Cthulu-Mythos wollte H. P. Lovecraft eine Atmosphäre kosmischen Grauens schaffen, die Archaisches mit den modernen Erkenntnissen der Wissenschaft verbindet und unserer Zeit angemessen ist. Die Angst hielt er für das älteste und stärkste Gefühl, mit dem er in seinen Erzählungen gerne spielte. Die besten Erzählungen von H. P. Lovecraft sind in diesem Rand zusammengefaßt.
'Other' Spanish theatres challenges established opinions on modern Iberian theatre by considering the roles of contrasting figures and companies who have impacted upon both the practice and the perception of Spanish and European stages. In questioning the primacy of the dramatist, this pioneering study offers a new interpretation of a nation's theatrical culture that has been viewed primarily through the prisms of a select number of playwrights. Accordingly many of the conclusions reached are new ones, and the case, for acknowledging the wide influence of Spanish practitioners on theatre in Europe and the Americas is made in persuasive terms. Through a bold documentation and interrogation of key productions and their reception both at home and abroad, 'Other' Spanish theatres focuses on the doing of performance, asking provocative questions around how performances are tested against the texts that remain. In a broad and detailed study Delgado selects six case studies which map out alternative readings of a nation's theatrical innovation through the twentieth century: muse and mentor to Federico Garcia Lorca, Margarita Xirgu; theatrical innovator and influence on Orson Welles, Enrique Rambal; tragedienne Maria Casares feted by George Craig Camus, Genet and Cocteau; actress, producer and director Nuria Espert; international director Lluis Pasqual and Catalan performance company La Cubana. ;
A wide-ranging look at the state of contemporary theatre practice, economics, and issues related to identity, politics, and technology. Contains a snapshot dissection of where theatre is, where it has been and where it might be going through the voices of established and emerging theatre artists and scholars from the UK, US and elsewhere. Offers an examination of how to make theatre in a time of crisis and why it is a vital form of communication are at the heart of the book's mission. Asks questions such as: where is theatre now taking place?; what is the relationship between play and performance?; how does funding work?; what states does theatre flourish under?; and if there is a current 'crisis of theatre' should it not be seen as a welcome opportunity to develop a vigorous 'theatre of crisis'?. The international list of contributors includes Jim Carmody, Phyllis Nagy, Michael Billington, Max Stafford-Clark, Peter Sellars, Dragan Klaic, Goat Island, Erik Ehn and many others, making up a vast array of practising artists, thinkers, and scholars. ;
Taking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases which can become huge threats to local fish populations in new geographical regions if transported there via infected fish or eggs. A concise but thorough reference work, this book: - Covers key viral and bacterial diseases of notable fish species; - Reviews major well-established piscine pathogens as well as new, emerging and notifiable diseases; and - Contains the most up-to-date research contributed by a team of over fifty world experts. An invaluable bench book for fish health consultants, veterinarians and all those wanting instant access to information, this book is also a useful textbook for students specializing in fish health and research scientists initiating fish disease research programmes. ; Taking a disease-based approach, this book focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. It covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases. ; 1: Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus, Arun K. Dhar, Scott LaPatra, Andrew Orry and F.C. Thomas Allnutt 2: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus, Jo-Ann C. Leong and Gael Kurath 3: Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus, John S. Lumsden 4: Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis and European Catfish Virus, Paul Hick, Ellen Ariel and Richard Whittington 5: Oncogenic Viruses: Oncorhynchus masou Virus and Cyprinid Herpesvirus, Mamoru Yoshimizu, Hisae Kasai, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Nanako Sano and Motohiko Sano 6: Infectious Salmon Anaemia, Knut Falk and Maria Aamelfot 7: Spring Viraemia of Carp, Peter Dixon and David Stone 8: Channel Catfish Viral Disease, Larry A. Hanson and Lester H. Khoo 9: Largemouth Bass Viral Disease, Rodman G. Getchell and Geoffrey H. Groocock 10: Koi Herpesvirus Disease, Keith Way and Peter Dixon 11: Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Anna Toffan 12: Iridoviral Diseases: Red Sea Bream Iridovirus and White Sturgeon Iridovirus, Yasuhiko Kawato, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Kazuhiro Nakajima,Thomas Waltzek and Richard Whittington 13: Alphaviruses in Salmonids, Marius Karlsen and Renate Johansen 14: Aeromonas salmonicida and A. hydrophila, Bjarnheidur K. Gudmundsdottir and Bryndis Bjornsdottir 15: Edwardsiella spp., Matt J. Griffin, Terrence E. Greenway and David J. Wise 16: Flavobacterium spp.: F. psychrophilum, F. columnare and F. branchiophilum, Thomas P. Loch and Mohamed Faisal 17: Francisella noatunensis, Esteban M. Soto and John P. Hawke 18: Mycobacterium spp., David T. Gauthier and Martha W. Rhodes 19: Photobacterium damselae, John P. Hawke 20: Piscirickettsia salmonis, Jerri Bartholomew, Kristen D. Arkush and Esteban M. Soto 21: Renibacterium salmoninarum, Diane G. Elliott 22: Streptococcus iniae and S. agalactiae, Craig A. Shoemaker, De-Hai Xu and Esteban M. Soto 23: Vibriosis: Vibrio anguillarum, V. ordalii and Aliivibrio salmonicida, Alicia E. Toranzo, Beatriz Magariños and Ruben Avendaño-Herrera 24: Weissella ceti, Timothy J. Welch, David P. Marancik and Christopher M. Good 25: Yersinia ruckeri, Michael Ormsby and Robert Davies
This book: - comprises reflective essays written by internationally-ranked scholars and tourism consultants with extensive experience, particularly in the developing world countries - considers extant themes, issues and challenges related to tourism and development - offers a critical and contemporary perspective on tourism's significance and role in development.
Phosphorus is an essential element for plant growth and its input has long been recognised as necessary to maintain profitable crop production. However, phosphorus inputs can also increase the biological activity of surface waters and this can lead to the destruction of such aquatic ecosystems. Advanced eutrophication of surface water leads to problems with its use for fisheries, recreation, industry and drinking, due to the increased growth of undesirable algae and aquatic weeds, and oxygen shortages caused by their death and decomposition. It is therefore important to have a good understanding of the causes and mode of phosphorus loss from soil to water, to enable the problems to be controlled and managed. This book has been developed from an international workshop held in Ireland in late 1995. It is the first comprehensive consideration of the topic, and many leading researchers in the area have contributed to it. It is essential reading for all soil scientists and freshwater biologists, as well as for environmentalists, ecologists and agriculturalists concerned with sustainable land management and pollution. The book is also recommended to fisheries managers, fertilizer manufacturers and biologists working for water utilities.
Throughout the world cotton is broadly adapted to growing in temperate, sub-tropical, and tropical environments, but growth may be challenged by future climate change. Production may be directly affected by changes in crop photosynthesis and water use due to rising CO2 and changes in regional temperature patterns. Indirect effects may result from a range of government regulations aimed at climate change mitigation. While there is certainty that future climate change will impact cotton production systems; there will be opportunities to adapt. This review begins to provide details for the formation of robust frameworks to evaluate the impact of projected climatic changes, highlight the risks and opportunities with adaptation, and details the approaches for investment in research. Ultimately, it is a multi-faceted systems-based approach that combines all elements of the cropping system that will provide the best insurance to harness the change that is occurring, and best allow cotton industries worldwide to adapt. Given that there will be no single solution for all of the challenges raised by climate change and variability, the best adaptation strategy for industry will be to develop more resilient systems. Early implementation of adaptation strategies, particularly in regard to enhancing resilience, has the potential to significantly reduce the negative impacts of climate change now and in the future.
Im Flugzeug hätte sie Angst gehabt, denn sie war noch nie geflogen, wenn er nicht neben ihr gesessen hätte, und wenn sie dann vom Wein, den er ihr gab, nicht hätte denken wollen, daß das Flugzeug fallen könnte, ins Bodenlose stürzen mit ihm und mit ihr, wie sie sich aneinander halten und wie sie sich umschlingen würden, eindringen ineinander, nicht aus Angst, nein, nur, daß die reißende Luft sie nicht auseinanderrisse, damit sie von der Hitze des Sturzes zusammengeschmolzen in ein leichtes Wesen aus Nichts und aufgefangen von einem Wind und hochgehoben über alle Beschränkung, über ihre dunklen Sterne hinausfliegen könnten, weiß Gott wohin. Die Welt, in der wir leben, besteht aus Geschichten von Geschichten. Frauen treffen Männer, Männer Frauen, und Menschen begegnen Menschen. Verständnis kommt auf, hin und wieder Zuneigung, manchmal ist von Liebe die Rede, und dann singt jeder wieder ein neues Lied. Und dazwischen blitzen auf, mal kürzer, mal länger: Geschichten, von denen die eine nicht weniger spannend ist als die andere. Ob sie nun gut ausgehen oder nicht - ein Ende haben sie nie. Ulla Berkéwicz erzählt mit dieser - notwendigen - Offenheit von ihren Figuren, die nur im Augenblick so sind, wie sie sind, und paradoxerweise dennoch sich treu bleiben: fest und stark, dann aber sich nicht zu helfen wissend, jetzt noch hier und dann woanders. Und die Prosa von Ulla Berkéwicz nimmt auf wie eine Kamera: dieses Bild, jenes. Und dazu mischt sie den Ton, die Sprache derer, die gleichermaßen von außen wie von innen zusehen. Erzählt wird also von Maria, der alten Schauspielerin mit den tausend Rollen, von Wendy aus Amerika, die mit einem Deutschen das Große Erlebnis hat, und von Fräulein Doktor Faußt, der Lehrerin, die sie alle für verrückt halten, die ihre Träume für wirklich hält - und die dadurch auch wirklich sind. Wie alles wirklich ist, an das man glaubt. Und woran glaubt man nicht, wenn man liebt und sich verliert dabei. Und sich gewinnt dabei. Wenn Maria in der Bar sitzt, um sich herum die so bedeutenden Männer, die nicht merken, daß es Maria ist, die Hof hält, wenn Wendy »unbekannt verzogen« ist, um zu vergessen, was sie nicht vergessen kann, wenn das Fräulein Doktor Faußt immer stiller wird, weil um sie herum alles so laut scheint und so ohne Gefühl - dann sind das Momente von Geschichten, die von dem, was dauernd und täglich geschieht, mehr erzählen als alles, was sich fassen, beschreiben und erklären läßt. Indem Ulla Berkéwicz auf Deutungsmuster verzichtet und jedes Geschehen sich gewissermaßen selbst erzählen läßt, öffnet sie die Türen, hinter denen sichtbar werden: Einsamkeit, der Wunsch nach Stille, die Sehnsucht nach der Liebe. »Nur selten riß ein kleiner Schmerz ein, zogen die zwei, drei Narben, deren Wunden sie nicht hatte spüren wollen, und dann mußte sie weit ins Meer hinausschwimmen. Und nur dann wollte sie sich vorstellen, an dem teilzuhaben, was so reich und heftig in der Welt sein mußte, so anders, daß ihr keine Bilder davon kamen.«
Heiligabend nach Ladenschluß, die letzten Kunden sind mit Geschenken nach Hause geeilt. Jetzt beginnt für die Putzfrau Maria die Schicht; im Personalraum begegnet sie Josef, dem Mann von der Wach- und Schließgesellschaft. Zunächst zögernd erzählen sie einander aus ihrem Leben – Komisches mischt sich mit Tragischem, Gegenwart mit Vergangenheit, Härte mit Sentimentalität.Dieses »Weihnachtsmärchen für Erwachsene« (Darmstädter Echo) wurde 1980 im Wiener Volkstheater uraufgeführt, in 21 Sprachen übersetzt und steht weltweit auf den Spielplänen. In der Neufassung von 1998 wird Josef, der alte Kommunist, angesichts des Untergangs der Sowjetunion zum letzten Mohikaner des Sozialismus, während Maria, die einmal Tingeltangel-Tänzerin war, ihrem Sohn und ihrer Schwiegertochter nur noch auf die Nerven geht. Zwei ältere Menschen an Heiligabend mitten in der Warenpracht eines Kaufhauses: übriggeblieben, lächerlich geworden. Wenn da nicht die Liebe wäre.
Key Questions in Environmental Toxicology is designed as a self-study tool for undergraduate students. Questions review the origin, characterization and environmental distribution of major pollutants, followed by their absorption and metabolic disposition in living organisms. They address implications for the development of cancer, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary dysfunction and neurological conditions in relation to gaseous pollutants, particulates, persistent organic compounds and radioactive emissions, then cover the impact of pollutants on biodiversity, food safety, and water contamination. This book: - Covers toxicology from human morbidity, ecological impact and biodiversity perspectives, and emphasises the impact of diverse organic pollutants in worsening these interconnected phenomena, leading to wider environmental emergencies; - Provides a selection of fill-in-the-gap, multiple choice and short answer question types for students to vary their learning and enhance motivation; - Includes full answer rationales, allowing students to gain true insight into the subject. Providing support to programmes across environmental science, ecology and human health, and covering all the major biological toxins and pollutants as well as unintended consequences of actions designed to improve outcomes, this book may be used in conjunction with the companion volume Introduction to Environmental Toxicology.